How do you cope with the daily STRESS?

Hi thefortunes! You must chill out!LOL When my hubby sees that Im stressing he will try and help thats if he is home.LOL Or make me laugh! A good laugh always helps. If you dont get everything done thats fine too.

Being a software developer I also get stressed out , when I feel I can't do anything right and feels so frustrated I play a simple game of hangman. It takes about 1 minute takes your mind off for a minuter and believe me man this relieves stress.

Stress is better dealt with with a planned life. Do everything at the right time and at the right place dont let any activity of life cheated if you want to avoid stress. Love your life be recreative and there will be stress

With all these new inventions and ideas, one would think life would be LESS stressful. But we know it isn't. I pray a lot. I gave my life to God a long time ago, but sometimes I try to take control without realizing it. Since God doesn't get tired of hearing us pray, I use that method a lot. But probably not as much as I should. : ) And as silly as it sounds, I get very still, and take a deep breath, in and out. I do that about five times. Or on occasion, I take the advice of a physical therapist friend of mine, and I lay on the floor, with my arms and legs spread out. I try to listen to any sounds, of nature or other wise. I focus on really breathing, and how it feels to inhale and exhale. And for a while, the stress has been relieved. I do hope you get some relief soon. It can't be easy to have a family and not get extra stressed. I can't imagine what that must be like, since I am single.

Hello Thefortunes! I do breathing exercises daily for half an hour. This helps me in coping up with stress. Walking also helps. When you feel irritated & frustrated due to stress, go out on a walk for 5-10 minutes, it really helps. Vani^_^

What make me stress at this time is the crying children. I have 2 kids, and when they both crying in the same time, that's the time I will feel a little bit stress. So normally in the night, I will try to release my daily stress with drinking warm tea and watching some movies on television.

I pick up my guitar and make a little music. If I'm really stressed I do warm-up exercises for the fingers with the metronome maxed.

well, for me i just take a time off... if i know that i needed it, i prefer to take it easy and let it go rather than making myself stress and frustuated which cause me to be grumpy with my hubby... so not thinking about it is a way out for me actually... :-)

I have trouble with coping with this. Sometimes I feel like I have so many things to do that i can't do anything, and it makes me want to give up. I also get irritable. I try to make lists and prioritize, and not worry if not everything gets done. It's an ongoing battle.

And how do your family, husband, or partner, or kids cope with you when you're irritated, too often maybe? ha ha great question I sometimes have to ask myself. I think the key is I leave and get away from them all to be by myself when I am at my worse. No sense in me bringing every one down cause I am in a rotten mood or stressed out. One thing that I do that greatly helps for me to chill out is a bit is yoga. I know many think you have to be skinny and limber to do that, well let me tell ya I am neither and I love yoga. It really helps to get the stress out and to make you feel better body and mind. I have been doing yoga for a while now, at least a couple of years and I love it. It's nothing as hard as many think it is and any one can do it. My mother whom is 65 does yoga now, so that tells you anyone can do it.

My best remedy for stress is do things which I love doing such as watching TV, reading my favorite book, mylotting, going to the spa or beauty parlor, texting my friends, or just simply lie down to rest; for me, the more I'm rested, the more I'll de-stress myself, and think things out clearly. When confused, I pray over it to make a sound decision. However, my best confidante aside from my two kids is my husband. But when I'm stressed because of him, I talk to him personally...see if we can meet halfway. My greatest source of stress these days are household chores which are non-negotiable since we don't have a househelp now...like right now, I just finished cleaning the yard and washing my uniform. After eating, here I am in front of the computer mylotting, before I do some school work.

It's really hard not to let it get to me and I excercise to try and keep some of it down but it's not easy.

I'm solely dependent on music, it is the sole food to my soul. I keep listening to music, i find it a very effective tool in destressing our minds. For physical stress, a sound sleep or a hot bath followed by a cup of coffee would work.

You must keep one thing in mind - stress is necessary to keep us going. But it is once you do not know how to channel your stres when problems start. So during a normal working day I have a build up of stress but the problem is I cannot vent it all. The solution? For an hour or so I hit the key board of my computer writing about anything that come to mind. Believe me it is very therapeutic for me. The benefit of this is that I have started my own website where I just publish these things I write. If you are interested visit me at www.freewebs.com/hendriklive

I've been looking for a way to cope with my stress level, it's been awful lately, way above where I know it should be. In the past 6 months, I have had to deal with 4 deaths, and 4 memorial services, including my mother's passing 6 months ago, which makes it so much worse for me. That on top of a court battle with my ex husband over unpaid child support, and my son not graduating with his class in May. My son's also been in two car accident's in the past 3 weeks (one where he broke his nose and sprained his back-that was scary, when they said they were going to x-ray his back). I haven't been able to cope too well, I do ok some days, but I break down or have panic attacks on others. My family knows right now that I'm over stressed so they know to either just be there for me or to steer clear of me. I've been a little irritable, and can cry at the drop of a hat. I have just started to get up and get out more or just keep busy so I don't think about things. This is also a bit of a stress reliever in it's self. Thanks for letting me vent.

i think what is more stressful is finding ways to release that daily stress. u feel more irritated when u realise that u are not able to expel it all out. Since i joined teaching i had my skin allergy aggravated to such an exten that i passed out - thankfully not at work. the doc said stress! i started yoga stuffs especially the breathing techniques but i'm not sure enough if i am doing it the right way or if it is working. the frequentcy of the outburst has decreased though.. maybe u can try the breathing things. it is the breathing in & out with some other such exercises..